Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Housing Development Agency & NHBRC & CSOS & EAAB Annual Performance Plan
19 Apr 2018
Four entities in the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) presented their 2018/19 Annual Performance Plans (APPs) to the Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements. The four entities that presented their reports were the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC), Community Schemes Ombud Services (CSOS), Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) and the ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements Annual Performance Plan: Auditor General input & DHS response
17 Apr 2018
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) and the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) briefed the Committee on the Department’s annual performance plans for the 2018/19 period.
The DHS reported that its budget had been reduced by R3 billion from its original allocation, and now stood at R32 billion. It indicated ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Bills: Way-forward on the processing of submissions
27 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Labour, meeting for further public hearings on the Labour Bills, was told that the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA) supported the introduction of a national minimum wage, and that minimum wage setting should be removed from Sectoral Determinations. The repeal of Chapters 8 and ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Mangaung Urban Settlements Development Grant; Free State Human Settlements Annual Performance Plan
20 Mar 2018
The Committee received a briefing from the Free State Department of Human Settlements on the Annual Performance Plan, Strategic Plan and Budget for 2018/19 while the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality briefed the Committee on the performance and spending of the Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG).
As at 28 February 2018, the ...
Employment and Labour
Committee Report on Department of Labour Quarter 2 performance; Labour Bills public hearings planning
14 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Labour met to consider the Draft Committee Report on the Quarter 2 performance of the Department of Labour (DoL); and to discuss the way forward in terms of the Labour Bills before the Committee.
The draft report had just two recommendations that talked to the fact ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Urban Settlements Development Grant: Western Cape, City of Cape Town & Limpopo
13 Mar 2018
The City of Cape Town briefed the Committee on its progress in achieving its targets against funds allocated through the Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG). The Committee had expressed disappointment after the last review at the city’s slow rate of implementation, and its overall level of under-spending.
Cape Town’s Human ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Urban Settlements Development Grant: City of Cape Town & Ethekwini; Western Cape & KZN Departments; with Minister & Deputy Minister
6 Mar 2018
The Western Cape provincial Department of Human Settlements (DHS) reported that there had been major alignment problems between itself and the City of Cape Town, which had affected the implementation of Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG) projects. The national DHS commented that they had hoped the Western Cape department would ...
Employment and Labour
UIF Labour Activation Programme; Labour Bills: way forward
28 Feb 2018
The Unemployment Insurance Fund, an entity of the Department of Labour, reported on the Labour Activation Plan of the Unemployment Insurance Fund. The Commissioner of the Unemployment Insurance Fund responded to the Portfolio Committee concerns about the Labour Activation Plan. Six activities were complete while four were work-in-progress. A diagnostic ...
Employment and Labour
Compensation Fund Action Plan: Department of Labour briefing
21 Feb 2018
The Compensation Fund -- an entity of the Department of Labour – reported on progress on its action plan to restore its image, which had suffered from adverse media publicity and negative reaction from stakeholders due to service delivery issues.
The objectives of the action plan were anchored on the ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Economic and Social Rights 2016/17 SAHRC Report
28 Nov 2017
The Committee welcomed the offer by the South African Human Rights Commission to assist the Committee in understanding the issues around special needs housing as that was one of the urgent policy needs that had to be dealt with by the Committee.
The South African Human Rights Commission briefed the ...